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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8295776, member: 75937&quot;]This coin depicts the two rivers, Caprus and Lycus, symbolized by a boar and a wolf:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/philip-ii-laodicea-ad-lycum-jpg.1206360/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Philip II as Caesar, AD 244-247.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 25 mm, 7.7 g.</p><p>Phrygia, Laodicea ad Lycum, Sardis Workshop,[5] AD 244-247.</p><p>Obv: •Μ•ΙΟVΛΙ••ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ•Κ•, bare headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front.</p><p>Rev: ΛΑΟΔΙΚЄ|ΩΝ ΝЄ|ΩΚΟΡΩΝ, river Caprus as boar and river Lycus as wolf seated back to back, heads facing each other.</p><p>Refs: BMC 25.324,260 (same rev. die); RG 6326 (same obv. die); RPC VIII unassigned, ID <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/20777" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/20777" rel="nofollow">20777</a>; SNG Cop 607; SNG Leypold 1678.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next: Dots between words to clarify the inscription.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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